Modernist disguise : masquerade in modern performance and visual culture / Ron J. Popenhagen.
Modernist disguise : masquerade in modern performance and visual culture / Ron J. Popenhagen.
Modernist disguise : masquerade in modern performance and visual culture / Ron J. Popenhagen.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2021/1395
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 253 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Impressions of the covered body -- Facing change and changing masks -- Reforming and uniforming the body -- Feigned and distorted bodyscapes -- Actors' effigies and photo-portraits -- Fractured and effaced façades -- Other places.
Publication information
Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
Scotland
Date Published
[2021]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Analyses the expansion of head and body masking from nineteenth-century Paris to its international maturity in contemporary culture. Looks at the presence and development of masquerade in the modernist era - via performance history - with parallel references to theatricality and performativity in visual arts and visual culture. Comments upon masque...
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Full title
Modernist disguise : masquerade in modern performance and visual culture / Ron J. Popenhagen.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Edinburgh critical studies in modernism, drama and performance
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-239) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/1395
Record Identifier
74VKaVbyVPWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbyVPWy
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ISBN
147447005X
9781474470056
DDC
391.434
MMS ID
991024416594602626
